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I.  ACT  OF  INCORPORATION. 

II.  MISSIONARY  CANON. 

III.  BY-LAWS  OF  THE  BOARD.' 

i  [Amended  December  iith,  1883.] 

IV.  MEMBERSHIP. 

V.  STANDING  COMMITTEES. 


NEW  YORK : 

American  Church  Press,  Printers,  76  East  Ninth  Street. 

1884. 


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Board 


OF  Managers 


OF 


OF  THE 


Protestant  Episcopal  Church 

IN  THE 

United  States  of  America. 


I.  ACT  OF  INCORPORATION. 

II.  MISSIONARY  CANON. 

III.  BY-LAWS  OF  JHF.  BOARD. 

[Amended  December  iith,  1883.] 

IV.  MEMBERSHIP. 

V.  STANDING  COMMITTEES. 


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1884. 


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1. 


ACT  OP  INCORPORATION. 


A?i  Act  to  incorporate  the  Domestic  and  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the  United  States  of  America.  Passed 
May  13,  1846,  hy  a  tico-thirds  vote.  Amended  April  12,  1867,  a7id 
May  8,  1880. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  New  York,  represented  in  Senate  and  Assembly 
do  enact  as  follows  : 

Section  1.  Ali  such  persons  as  now  are  or  may  hereafter  become  members  of 
the  Domestic  and  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  originally  instituted  in  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  twenty,  and  fully  organized  by  the  General  Convention 
of  the  said  Church,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  thirty-five,  shall  be  and 
are  hereby  constituted  a  body  corporate,  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  general 
Missionary  operations  in  all  lands,  by  the  name  aforesaid.  Nothing  herein 
shall  affect  the  power  of  the  said  Convention  to  make  such  rules  and  regula¬ 
tions  or  so  to  alter  or  amend  the  Constitution  of  the  said  Societv,  as  the  said 
Convention  shall  deem  necessary  or  proper  to  promote  the  purpose  for  which 
the  said  Society  is  incorporated  as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  2.  For  the  object  designated  in  the  first  section  of  the  Act  generally,  or 
for  any  purpose  connected  with  such  object,  the  said  Corporation  shall  have 
power,  from  time  to  time,  to  purchase,  take  by  gift,  grant,  devise,  or  bequest 
and  hold  real  and  personal  estate,  and  to  sell,  lease  and  otherwise  dispose  of 
the  same,  provided  the  aggregate  clear  annual  income  of  such  real  estate,  at  any 
one  time  held  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of  thirty  thousand  dollars.  The  Cor¬ 
poration  hereby  created  is  declared  subject  to  the  provisions  of  Chapter  Three 
hundred  and  sixty  of  the  laws  of  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty  entitled 
‘‘An  Act  relating  to  Wills.” 

Sec.  3.  The  said  Society  shall,  in  its  usual  annual  printed  Report,  state  the 
amount  of  its  real  and  personal  estate,  and  the  income  arising  therefrom:  a  copy 
of  which  Report  shall  be  deposited  in  the  State  Library. 

Sec.  4.  This  Corporation  shall  possess  the  general  powers  and  be  subject  to 
the  provisions  contained  in  Title  Third  of  Chapter  Eighteen  of  the  first  part  of 
the  Revised  Statutes  so  far  as  the  same  are  applicable  and  have  not  been 
repealed. 

Sec.  5.  This  Act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and  the  Legislature  may  at 
any  time  alter,  modify  or  repeal  the  same. 


II. 


MISSIONARY  CANON  OF  THE  GENERAL  CONVENTION. 


III.— CANON  9. 

Of  the  Cohstitutioh  of  The  Domestic  ahd  Foreigh  Misstohary  Society 
OF  THE  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States  of 
America. 

Section  I.  The  Constitution  of  the  said  Society,  which  was  incorporated 
by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  York,  is  hereby  amended  and 
established  so  as  to  read  as  follows  : 

Constitution  of  the  Domestic  and  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  the  Protes¬ 
tant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America,  as  estahhshed 
in  1820  and  since  amended  at  various  times  : 

ARTICLE  I. 

This  Institution  shall  be  denominated  The  Domestic  and  Foreign  Missionary 
Society  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America. 

ARTICLE  II. 

This  Society  shall  be  considered  as  comprehending  all  persons  who  are 
members  of  this  Church. 

ARTICLE  III. 

There  shall  be  a  Board  of  Missions  of  such  Society,  composed  of  the  Bisho])S 
of  this  Church,  and  the  members  for  the  time  being  of  the  House  of  Deputies 
of  the  General  Convention,  the  Delegates  from  the  Missionary  Jurisdictions  to 
the  said  House  of  Deputies  and  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Managers  as 

hereinafter  described.  The  Board  of  Missions  thus  constituted  shall  convene 
on  the  third  day  of  the  session  of  the  General  Convention,  and  shall  sit  from 
time  to  time  as  the  business  of  the  Board  shall  demand, 

ARTICLE  IT. 

There  shall  be  a  Board  of  Managers,  comprising  all  the  Bishops,  the  Treas¬ 
urer  or  Treasurers  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Missions  or  by  the  Board  of 
Managers,  and  fifteen  Presbyters  and  fifteen  Laymen,  to  be  appointed  by  the 
Board  of  Missions  at  every  triennial  meeting  of  the  General  Convention,  who 
shall  have  the  management  of  the  General  Missions  of  this  Church,  and  shall 
remain  in  office  until  their  successors  are  chosen,  and  shall  have  power  to  fill 


5iny  vacancies  that  may  occur  in  their  number.  Eight  Clerical  members  and 
eight  Lay  members  shall  constitute  a  (juoriim.  But  whenever  demanded  by 
three  members,  a  majority  of  the  Bishops  present  and  a  majority  of  the  Cleri¬ 
cal  members  present  and  a  majority  of  the  Lay  members  present  shall  be 
necessary  to  any  act  of  the  Board.  This  Board  of  Managers  shall,  when  the 
Board  of  Missions  is  not  in  session,  exercise  all  the  corporate  powers  of  the 
Domestic  and  Foreign  Missionary  Society.  The  Board  of  Managers  shall 
re})ort  to  the  Board  of  Missions,  on  or  before  the  third  day  of  the  session  of 
the  Ceneral  Convention.  But  nothing  herein  contained  shall  affect  the  rights 
of  any  surviving  life  members  of  the  Board  of  Missions. 

ARTICLE  V. 

The  Board  of  Managers  is  authorized  to  form,  from  its  own  members,  a 
Committee  for  Domestic  Missions  and  a  Committee  for  Foreign  Missions,  and 
such  other  Committees  as  it  may  deem  desirable  to  promote  special  Missionary 

work,  and  is  also  authorized  to  appoint  such  officers  as  shall  be  needful  for 
carrying  on  the  work. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

The  Board  of  Managers  is  intrusted  with  power  to  establish  and  regulate 
such  Missions  as  are  not  placed  under  Episcopal  supervision,  and  to  enact 
all  By-Laws  which  it  may  deem  necessary  for  its  own  government  and  for  the 
government  of  its  Committees  :  Provided,  alivays,  that,  in  relation  to  organ¬ 
ized  Dioceses  and  Missionary  Jurisdictions  having  Bishops,  the  appropriations 
shall  be  made  in  gross  to  such  Dioceses  and  Missionary  Jurisdictions,  to  be 
disbursed  by  the  local  authorities  thereof.  The  Board  shall  notify  to  the 
several  Bishops  the  gross  sums  so  appropriated ;  and  those  Bishops  shall 
regulate  the  number  of  Mission  Stations,  appoint  the  Missionaries,  and  assign 
to  them  their  stipends,  with  the  approval  of  the  Board  of  Managers. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

No  person  shall  bo  appointed  a  Missionary  who  is  not  at  the  time  a  Minister 
in  regular  standing  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  or  of  some  Church  in 
communion  with  this  Church  ;  but  nothing  in  this  section  shall  preclude  the 
Board  of  Managers  from  employing  Laymen  or  women,  members  of  this  Church 
or  of  some  Church  in  communion  with  the  same,  to  do  Missionary  work. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

The  Board  of  Managers  shall  have  power  to  appoint  Local  Agents  to  repre¬ 
sent  the  Society  in  different  parts  of  the  country,  and  is  authorized  to  promote 
the  formation  of  Auxiliary  Missionary  Associations,  whose  contributions,  as 
well  as  those  specially  appropriated  by  individuals,  shall  be  received  and  paid 


in  accordance  with  the  wish  of  the  donors  when  expressed  in  writing.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Managers  to  arrange  for  public  Missionary  meet¬ 
ings,  to  be  held  at  the  same  time  and  place  as  the  General  Convention,  and  at 
such  other  times  and  places  as  may  be  determined  upon,  to  which  all  Auxil¬ 
iaries  approved  by  the  Board  of  Managers  may  send  one  Clerical  and  one  Lay 
Delegate. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

This  Constitution  may  be  altered  or  amended  at  any  time  by  the  General 
Convention  of  this  Church. 

Sec.  II.  All  Canons,  and  all  action  by  or  under  the  authority  of  the  General 
Convention,  so  far  as  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  Canon  and  of  such 

amended  Constitution,  are  hereby  repealed  :  Provided,  lioivever,  that  nothing 
herein  shall  in  any  manner  impair  or  affect  any  corporate  rights  of  the  said 

Society,  or  any  vested  right  whatever. 

Sec.  III.  This  Canon  shall  take  effect  immediately.* 

A  true  copy.  Attest:  CHAS.  L.  HUTCHINS, 

Medford,  Mass.,  November  23d,  1883.  Secretary  of  the  House  of  Deputies. 


*  Canon  of  1871;  as  amended  1877,  1880,  and  1883. 


III. 


BY-LAWS  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  MANAGERS  OF  THE  DOMESTIC 

AND  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY. 

ARTICLE  I. 

The  Field 

For  the  guidance  of  the  Board  it  is  declared  that  the  Missionary  Field  is 
always  to  be  regarded  as  one — the  world — the  terms  Domestic  and  Foreign 
being  understood  as  terms  of  locality  adopted  for  convenience.  Domestic 
Missions  are  those  which  are  established  withi7i,  and  Foreign  Missions  are  those 
which  are  established  luithoiit  the  territory  of  the  United  States. 

ARTICLE  II. 

Officers. 

The  officers  of  this  Board  shall  consist  of  a  President,  a  Secretary  and  an 
Assistant  Secretary.  The  Senior  Bishop  present  at  any  of  its  Meetings  shall 
be  the  President.  The  Secretaries  of  the  Domestic  and  Foreign  Committees 
shall  be,  according  to  seniority  in  office,  respectively  the  Secretary  and  Assis¬ 
tant  Secretary  of  this  Board.  The  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Managers  shall 
be  the  custodian  of  the  seal  of  this  Society,  and,  when  authorized  so  to  do  by 
resolution  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  or  of  either  the  Domestic  or  Foreign  Com¬ 
mittees,  shall  affix  the  seal  to  any  document  and  prove  the  same. 

ARTICLE  III. 

Election  of  Officers  a7id  Managers  to  fill  Vacaiicies. 

All  nominations  of  candidates  to  fill  vacancies  in  anv  of  the  offices,  or  of 

the  Members  of  the  Board,  shall  be  openly  made  at  a  Meeting  of  the  Board, 

and  be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Nominations  to  consider  and  report 

thereon  at  the  next  or  a  subsequent  Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board,  when  the 

election  shall  take  place  by  ballot,  and  be  confined  to  the  candidates  previously  , 
,  « 
nominated  and  referred  to  the  Committee. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

Missionary  Coniniittees. 

(1)  The  Board  as  soon  as  may  be,  after  its  organization,  shall  proceed  to 
divide  its  own  Members,  other  than  Bishops,  into  a  Committee  for  Domestic 
Missions  consisting  of  eight  Clergymen  and  seven  Laymen,  and  a  Committee 
for  Foreign  Missions  of  seven  Clergymen  and  eight  Laymen,  and  a  Bishop  to 
be  elected  by  the  Board  shall  be  the  Chairman  of  each  of  these  Committees. 

(2)  To  the  Committees  of  the  Board  thus  constituted  shall  be  referred,  in 
their  respective  Departments,  during  the  recess-of  the  Board,  the  administra¬ 
tion  of  the  general  Missionary  work  of  the  Church,  subject  to  the  regulations 
of  the  Board. 

(3)  Each  Committee  shall  present,  through  its  Secretary,  its  minutes  and  an 
accurate  abstract  of  all  its  proceedings  during  the  preceding  quarter,  reading 
such  portions  thereof,  as  their  respective  Committees  may  consider  necessary 


to  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  Board,  and  also  a  schedule  of  its  appro- 
]u*iations  for  the  following  quarter,  other  than  those  already  approved,  to  the 
Board  at  each  of  its  Stated  Meetings. 

(4)  Any  Member  of  the  Board  present  at  any  Meeting  of  either  Committee 
may  participate  in  the  deliberations  of  said  Committee,  but  without  the  right 
to  vote. 

(5)  The  Board  shall  appoint  for  each  of  the  Committees,  Domestic  and 
Foreign,  a  Secretary,  with  a  suitable  salary,  who  shall  be  the  executive  officer 
of  the  Committee,  to  collect  information,  to  conduct  its  correspondence,  to 
devise  and  recommend  plans  of  operation,  and  in  general  to  execute  all  the 
purposes  of  the  Board  in  his  proper  sphere,  submitting  all  his  measures,  before 
their  adoption,  to  the  Compiittee  for  whom  he  is  appointed,  for  their  approval. 

(6)  The  Board  shall  also  appoint  for  each  Committee  a  Treasurer;  and  the 
Treasurers  shall  deposit  in  such  Bank  or  Banks,  or  Trust  Company  or  Com¬ 
panies  in  the  City  of  New  York  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  Committees,  all 
moneys  received  by  them,  and  the  account  in  such  Banks  or  Trust  Companies 
shall  be  kept  in  the  name  of  the  Committee  for  Domestic  or  Foreign  Missions 
as  the  case  may  be.  The  said  moneys  so  deposited  shall  be  withdrawn  on  the 
check  of  the  Treasurer,  but  only  upon  the  warrant  or  with  the  counter  signa¬ 
ture  of  the  Secretar}'’  in  accordance  with  the  action  of  the  Committee  con¬ 
cerned.  The  Treasurers  of  the  Domestic  and  Foreign  Committees  respectively 
shall  have  the  temporary  charge,  custody,  or  oversight  of  any  gifts,  bequests 
or  ^securities  other  than  money,  which  may  be  intended  for  the  use  of  said 
Committees  in  their  ordinary  work;  said  property  of  whatever  kind  shall  be 
reported  to  the  Board  of  Managers  quarterly,  with  the  ordinary  reports  of  the 
Treasurers,  and  shall  not  be  sold,  or  hypothecated  for  any  purpose  except  by 
the  authority  and  order  of  the  Committee  concerned. 

(7)  Assistant  officers  and  clerks  may,  when  necessary,  be  appointed  by  each 
Committee,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Board. 

(8)  At  a  Meeting  of  either  Committee  five  Members  shall  constitute  a  quorum, 
of  whom  at  least  two  shall  be  Presbyters  and  two  Laymen;  but  no  appropria¬ 
tions  of  money  shall  be  made  unless  eight  Members  be  present, 

ARTICLE  V, 

Standing  Committees. 

There  shall  be  elected  annually,  by  ballot,  at  the  Stated  Meeting  of  the 
Board  in  December,  the  following  Standing  Committees  of  five  members  each, 
viz: — 

1.  A  Committee  ok  Trust  Fukds,  who  shall  have  charge  of  all  the  Trust 
Funds  now  held  by  the  Society,  or  which  shall  hereafter  be  received,  and  shall 
disburse  the  same  in  strict  conformity  withtlie  declared  purposes  of  the  several 
donors.  When  such  funds  are  of  a  permanent  character  they  shall  be  invested 
in  United  States  Stocks,  or  in  other  stocks  of  undoubted  stability  and  strength, 
or  in  Bonds  and  Mortgages  on  well  located,  improved,  productive  Beal  Estate 
in  our  principal  cities,  worth  at  least  twice  the  amount  of  money  loaned  thereon, 
and  with  Fire  Insurance  Policies  as  further  collateral  security  for  the  same. 
All  such  Securities  shall  be  deposited  in  the  vaults  of  such  Safe  Deposit  Com¬ 
pany  as  the  Board  shall  designate  for  that  purpose.  All  money  in  the  hands 


of  this  Ooinniitfcee  awaiting  use  or  investment  sliall  be  deposited  in  such  Bank 
or  Banks,  or  Trust  Company  or  Companies,  in  tlie  City  of  Now  York,  as  tlio 
Board  shall  designate  for  that  ])urposo;  and  said  money  so  deposited  shall  he 
withdrawn  only  by  order  of  this  Committee,  such  order  having  boon  entered 
on  its  minutes.  Whenever  sales  or  transfers  of  Stocks  or  other  Trust  Securi¬ 
ties,  are  necessary  and  directed  by  this  Committee,  such  transfers  or  receipts, 
to  be  valid,  shall  be  signed  by  the  Chairman  of  this  Committee,  and  tlie  Sec¬ 
retary  of  the  Domestic  Committee  or  the  Secretary  of  the  Foreign  Committee, 
as  the  circumstances  may  require.  This  Committee  shall  keep  an  accurate 
account  of  each  Trust  Fund,  separately,  and  shall  make  full  report  annually, 
in  regard  to  these  Trust  Funds,  at  the  Stated  Meeting  of  the  Board  in  Sep¬ 
tember.  They  shall  pay  over  to  the  Treasurer  concerned  the  income  from  the 
investments  as  collected. 

2.  A  Committee  on  Office  Expenses,  who  shall  supervise  all  the  expenses 
of  the  various  offices  of  the  Board.  This  supervision  shall  cover  rents  of 
offices,  salaries  and  wages  of  all  employees  not  directly  appointed  by  the 
Board,  stationery,  postage,  extra  printing,  insurance,  and  such  other  occa¬ 
sional  and  incidental  expenses  as  may  from  time  to  time  arise.  This  Com¬ 
mittee  shall  report  to  the  Board  at  each  of  its  Stated  Meetings. 

3.  A  Committee  on  Missionary  Meetings,  who  shall,  tosrether  with  the 
Secretaries,  arrange  such  public  Meetings'  as  in  their  judgment  may  be  best 
for  the  furtherance  of  the  Missionary  work  of  the  Church. 

4.  A  Committee  on  Nominations,  who  shall  consider  and  report  upon  all 
nominations,  referred  to  them  by  the  Board,  of  candidates  to  fill  vacancies  in 
any  of  the  offices  or  of  the  Members  of  the  Board. 

The  foregoing  Standing  Committees  shall  keep  full  and  accurate  minutes  of 
their  proceedings,  which  shall  be  duly  recorded  in  books  provided  for  the  pur¬ 
pose;  and  such  minutes  shall  be  submitted  to  the  Board  for  its  approval,  at 
each  of  its  Stated  Meetings. 

article  VI. 

A  uditinff  Comm  Ittee. 

A  Committee,  consisting  of  one  Clergyman  and  two  Laymen,  shall  be 
elected  annually,  by  ballot,  to  audit  the  Reports  of  the  Treasurers  and  to  ex¬ 
amine  the  funds,  securities  and  property  belonging  to  the  Society,  and  report 
thereon  to  the  Board. 

article  VII. 

Annual  and  Triennial  Reports. 

A  report  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Board  shall  be  published  annually,  with 
the  exception  of  the  years  in  which  the  General  Convention  meets,  when  a 
Triennial  Report  shall  be  presented  to  the  Board  of  Missions. 

article  VIII. 

Meetings. 

The  Board  shall  meet  quarterly  in  the  City  of  New  York,  on  the  second 
Tuesdays  of  December,  March,  June  and  September,  at  2  p.m.  The  sessions 
shall  be  from  2  to  5  P.M.,  from  7.30  to  10  P.M.,  and  from  10  a.m.  to  1  p.m., 
unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  Board. 

Special  Meetings  shall  be  called  on  the  written  request  of  any  ten  Members  of 


the  Board,  notice  of  which,  specifying  the  particular  object  -of  the  meeting, 
shall  be  sent  by  the  Secretary  to  each  Member  of  the  Board  at  least  ten  days 
before  such  meeting;  and  no  other  business  shall  be  transacted  at  such  meet¬ 
ings,  except  that  mentioned  in  the  call. 

The  order  of  proceedings  and  business  at  the  Stated  Meetings  of  the  Board 
shall  be  as  follows,  unless  otherwise  specially  directed  by  the  Board: 

1.  Prayers. 

2.  Reading  and  approving  the  Minutes. 

3.  Reports  of  the  Treasurers. 

4.  Reports  of  the  Secretaries. 

5.  Report  of  the  Domestic  Committee. 

6.  Foreign  Committee. 

7.  Standing  Committees. 

I.  Trust  Funds.  II.  Office  Expenses.  III.  Missionary  Meetings. 

IV.  Nominations. 

8.  Reports  of  Recognized  Auxiliaries. 

9.  Report  of  the  Auditing  Committee. 

10.  Re|)orts  of  Special  Committees. 

11.  Unfinished  Business. 

12.  Miscellaneous  Business. 

13.  Reading  the  Minutes  of  the  Meeting. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

On  the  demand  of  five  members  any  vote  shall  be  taken  by  the  call  of  the 
roll  and  recorded. 

ARTICLE  X. 

Alterations  and  Amendments. 

The  Board  shall  not  make,  alter  or  amend  any  By-Laws,  except  at  a  Stated 
Meeting  of  the  Board;  nor  at  the  same  meeting  at  which  such  By-Law,  altera¬ 
tion  or  amendment  is  proposed,  and  then  only  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the 
Members  present. 


IV. 

BOARD  OF  MANAGERS  OF  THE  DOMESTIC  AND  FOREIGN 

MISSIONARY  SOCIETY. 


ALL  THE  BISHOPS  OF  THE  CHUBCII,  MEMBERS  EX-OFFICIO,  THE  TREASURERS 
OF  THE  DOMESTIC  AND  FOREIGN  COMMITTEES,  EX-OFFICIO,  AND  THE 

FOLLOWING  ELECTED  MEMBERS: 


Rev.  H.  Dyer,  d.d.  [Foreign  Committee],  32  St.  Mark’s  Place,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  George  Leeds,  d.d.  [Domestic  Committee],  171  Park  Avenue,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Rev.  Noah  Hunt  Schenck,  d.d.  [Domestic  Committee],  27  Grace  Court,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  E.  A.  Hoffman,  d.d.  [Foreign  Committee],  426  W.  23d  Street,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  William  N.  McVickar,  d.d.  [Domestic  Committee],  2007  De  Lancey  Place,  Philadel¬ 
phia,  Penn, 

Rev.  J.  Livingston  Reese,  d.d.  [Domestic  Committee],  80  Lancaster  St.,  Albany,  N.  Y, 

Rev.  J.  Houston  Eccleston,  ‘d.d.  [Foreign  Committee],  140  St.  Paul  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Rev.  Thomas  F.  Davies,  d.d.  [Domestic  Committee],  717  Pine  St.,  Philadelphia,  Penn, 

Rev.  James  Saul,  d.d.  [Domestic  Committee],  142  N.  20th  St.,  Philadelphia,  Penn. 

Rev.  George  Williamson  Saiith,  s.t.d.  [Foreign  Committee],  107  Elm  St.,  Hartford,  Conn. 
Rev.  Henry  Y^.  Satterlee,  d.d.  [Foreign  Committee],  103  E.  21st  St.,  NewY^ork. 

Rev.  J.  S.  Shipman,  d.d.,  ti.c.l.  [Foreign  Committee],  Christ  Church,  Fifth  Avenue  and  35lh 
St.,  New  York. 

Rev.  W.  S.  L.4.NGFORD,  D.D.,  [Douiestlc  Committee,]  Elizabetli,  N.  J. 

Rev.  Cornelius  E.  Swope,  d.d,,  [Domestic  Committee,]  Trinity  Chapel,  25th  St.  &  Broadway, 
New  York. 

Mr,  F.  S.  Winston  [Foreign  Committee],  144  Broadway,  New  Y’'ork. 

Mr.  George  N.  Titus  [Domestic  Committee],  30  Pine  St.,  New  York, 

Mr.  Lemuel  Coffin  [Foreign  Committee],  P.  O.  Box  46,  Philadelphia,  Penn. 

Mr.  WiLLiAAi  Scott  [Domestic  Committee],  110  E.  23d  St.,  New  l"ork. 

Hon.  Benjamin  Stark  [Domestic  Committee],  New  London,  Conn. 

Mr.  Cornelius  Vanderbilt  [Foreign  Committee],  1  W.  57th  St.,  New  York. 

Mr,  William  G.  Low  [Domestic  Committee],  58  Remsen  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  1^. 

Hon.  H.  P.  Baldwin  [Domestic  Committee],  Detroit,  Mich. 

Mr.  R.  Fulton  Cutting  [Foreign  Committee],  37  Wall  St.,  New  York. 

Mr.  Joseph  W,  Fuller  [Foreign  Committee],  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Hon.  John  A.  King  [Domestic  Committee],  Great  Neck,  N.  Y. 

Mr.  C.  M.  Conynghaai  [Foreign  Committee],  Wilkes  Barre,  Penn. 

Mr.  JuLiEN  T.  Davies  [Foreign  Committee],  United  Bank  Building,  cor.  Broadway  and  Wall 
St.,  New  York. 

Mr.  John  H.  Shoenberger  [Foreign  Committee],  43  W.  57th  St.,  New  York. 

Mr.  Alfred  Mills  [Domestic  Committee],  Morristown,  N.  J. 

*LIFE  MEMBERS.  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  MISSIONS. 

Rev.  John  Rodney,  Germantown,  Philadelphia,  Penn. 

Caspar  Morris,  m.d.,  Philadelphia,  Penn. 

OFFICERS. 

Rt.  Rev.  Horatio  Potter,  d.d.,  ll.d.,  d.c.l.,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  for  Foreign  Mis¬ 
sions,  38  E.  22d  St.,  New  York. 

Rt.  Rev.  A.  N.  Littlejohn,  d.d.,  ll.d  ,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  for  Domestic  Missions, 
170  Remsen  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Joshua  Kimber,  Secretary  of  the  Board,  and  Secretary  for  Foreign  Missions,  23  Bible 
House,  New  York. 

Rev.  George  F.  Flichtner,  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Board,  and  Secretary  for  Domestic  Mis¬ 
sions,  22  Bible  House,  New  York. 

Mr.  James  M.  Brown,  Treasurer  of  the  Domestic  and  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  the 
Protestant  Ejiiscopal  Church  in  the  U.  S.  A.,  and  Treasurer  for  Foreign  Missions, 
23  Bible  House.  New  York. 

Mr.  W.  Bayard  Cutting,  Treasurer  for  Domestic  Missions,  22  Bible  House,  New  York. 


STANDING  COMMITTEES 

ON  TEUST  FUNDS. 

Eev.  Dr.  Hoffman, 

Mr.  Scott, 

Mr.  Mills. 

ON  OFFICE  EXPENSES. 

Kev.  Dr.  Swope, 

Rev.  Dr.  Eccleston, 

Mr.  R.  Fulton  Cutting, 
on  missionaey  meetings. 

Rev.  Dr.  Schenck, 

Rev.  Dr.  Reese, 

Mr.  Coffin. 

ON  nominations. 

Rev.  Dr.  Davies, 

Rev.  Dr.  Smith, 

Mr.  Davies. 


auditing  committee. 

Rev.  Dr.  Langford, 

Mr.  Shoenbergee. 


Mr.  Vanderbilt, 
Mr.  Fuller, 


Mr.  Low, 
Mr.  Stark, 


Rev.  Dr.  Satteelee, 
Mr.  Baldwin, 


Rev.  Dr.  Shipman, 
Mr.  Brown, 


Mr.  King, 


*So  made  before  1835. 


